Showcase Profile
ARTIST INFORMATION
- Artist
- Carl Demeulenaere
- Location
- Michigan
- Years
- 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018
DAMNED STATEMENT
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- Statement
- I’ve enjoyed being a part of this underground gathering of people celebrating the “DAMNED” shows. This work, one of my charms, was exhibited in 2018. In reference to the artwork submitted here, I have also referred to Charm #61 as “Gravitas.” Here, I’ve been influenced by the rich Baroque tradition of vanitas painting, using varied symbols, such as the human skull, to remind us of the passage of time and imminent death. I find that the City often has difficulty in examining such grim subject matter, but we are all mere mortals—let us face that fact! I’ve written a poem that follows. “An inescapable inscape, / An irretrievable past, / Irreconciliation / With neither rest nor repast— / A redoubtable remnant / Of a shadow long cast; / Let this be my last lament: / A Presence has passed.”
DAMNED ARTWORK
Submit up to 3 images of exhibited artwork below. NOTE: All uploaded images MUST have been exhibited at DAMNED.
- Title 1
- Charm #61, "Gravitas"
- Medium 1
- metal charm, acrylic painting, Swarovski crystals, 2018
- Image 2
- Title 2
- Medium 2
- Image 3
- Title 3
- Medium 3
ARTIST LINKS
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- Website
- www.carls-artwork.com